Author Topic: Trail Gear Trans mount vs OEM (Read 15307 times)

BigMike · « **Reply #30 on:** Jan 11, 2014, 10:15:11 PM »

They are designed to be used with stock hardware in the same mounting locations. They are all laser cut at the same dimensions... We've sold many of these but I'll take a look on Monday to see if any have extra thick powder coating for some reason or another.

Mike

yamxer438 · « **Reply #31 on:** Jan 11, 2014, 10:29:45 PM »

Ran an m8 tap through it just to try it out and it worked. It was just paint in the threads.

BigMike · « **Reply #32 on:** Jan 11, 2014, 11:18:08 PM »

10-4 good buddy

Ritchie · « **Reply #33 on:** Jan 12, 2014, 05:45:44 AM »

^ Same deal with mine. I ran a tap through the holes to clean them up.

BigMike · « **Reply #34 on:** Jan 12, 2014, 09:57:50 AM »

Thank you Gentleman, I have made a note of this

BigMike

Ritchie · « **Reply #35 on:** Feb 05, 2014, 04:08:46 AM »

Quote from: BigMike on Jan 02, 2014, 11:31:24 PM

I'll have to see about some pictures and additional details on the Marlinized stock mounts.

* BigMike adds this to his very, very small TO-DO list which is almost always empty.

I did the motor mount mod this past weekend. Big difference over OEM style. I did over tighten the the nut on the driver side and had vibrations, backed it off until all was good. The t-case no longer thumps the floor during shifts.
TG cross member/ skid & MC mount going in this weekend.

Great stuff here.

Thanks for the replies.

BigMike · « **Reply #36 on:** Feb 06, 2014, 09:49:40 AM »

Quote from: Ritchie on Feb 05, 2014, 04:08:46 AM

I did the motor mount mod this past weekend. Big difference over OEM style. I did over tighten the the nut on the driver side and had vibrations, backed it off until all was good.

Awesome $Beer Chug\'n$ One thing that I forgot to mention is that Marlin uses thick Nylon washers which allows you to keep a good torque on the nut without causing too much vibrations.

BigMike

Ritchie · « **Reply #37 on:** Feb 06, 2014, 10:24:36 PM »

^^ I didn't think about using a non-metallic washer. I will be changing the steel washer this weekend. I have noticed that at idle, I can hear the washer rattling around and I hate that kinda stuff.

Thanks Big Mike.

Later.

BigMike · « **Reply #38 on:** Feb 07, 2014, 08:08:04 AM »

I updated my post on the previous page (reply #13) to include the nylon washer and also BadnewBob's How-To thread, http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=95884

Regards,
BigMike

Nation · « **Reply #39 on:** Feb 12, 2014, 12:06:19 PM »

Quote from: yamxer438 on Jan 11, 2014, 06:11:29 PM

Just bought one of Marlins red trans mounts and can't find a bolt that will thread into the skid plate holes. Are they a special size or just too much paint in the hole?

PAINT. Just be a little gentle. They'll go though.

BigMike · « **Reply #40 on:** Feb 12, 2014, 03:47:40 PM »

On the 6th of this month we added the following install notes to the product listing: "Double check the lower four threaded holes with an 8x1.25mm tap to clean out any paint."

Regards,
BigMike

Ritchie · « **Reply #41 on:** May 06, 2014, 03:45:10 PM »

... So I have had issues with my trans mount. Everything I tried ended with more vibration than I liked.

So, I thought, what about applying Marlin's motor mount trick to the OEM trans mount. Worked like a charm.
As I have an A340F, I will not say this will work for a manual trans.

Check it out:

BigMike · « **Reply #42 on:** May 06, 2014, 04:51:38 PM »

^ Very nice!